until which version was it part of max? my first version was 5 and i didn´t find any duck until now ( version 9 ) ...and the teapot is NOT sexy...as the top cover is not closed at the boundarys, so you can look into the pot ! ( i made a 1.2k - thousands-of-teapots-fly-over-the-screen - screensaver for my own use ! so i see it all the time ! )

the prod is sexy :)
duck must be one of my oldest friends by now,haha !

Probably because the duck model is a demoscene staple from the old days. "Pop culture" references in other forms of entertainment grow as the form ages, the demoscene is no different. The 3DS duck, raster bars, the Second Reality theme, these are our "Rosebud", our "Luke, I'm Your Father". Voting moves from your head to your heart. That yes you get the joke, the reference, and remember where you where when you first saw it with some nostalgia.